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Beat 50% of Show HN launches that day
#88 of 181 on Nov 12
#1 of 3 Health & Fitness launches on Show HN on Nov 12. 15.4% of Health & Fitness launches (2 of 13) reached 10+ points in the last 7 days. See Health & Fitness →
points · since listing → Nov 13, 10:27 UTC
Still tracked: re-read by each daily run while under ~168h old (window closes ~Nov 19, 10:12 UTC).
comments
listed Nov 12, 10:12 UTC
Traction (points) over time
Key statistics
- Traction
- 2points
- Comments
- 0
- Rank in HLTH this week
- #7of 17 HN
- Rank overall this week
- #339of 1,038 HN
- Sector hit rate
- 15.4%2/13 · 7D
- Traction line
- Below10+ points
- First reading
- 2Nov 13, 10:27 UTC
- Last reading
- 2Nov 13, 10:27 UTC
- Readings
- 1over 24h
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Top on Nov 12 · 181 Show HN launches that day, by points
- #1My $300 embroidery machine needed a subscription, so I built my own app516 points
- #2AgentRunopen-source, Self-improving Managed Agents103 points
- #3Fable52.gamesPlay and inspect Fable 5.2 single-file HTML games68 points
- #4KapsoIterative learning from enterprise data45 points
- #5Apron Chat Protocol44 points
More in Health & Fitness · top Show HN launches, last 7 days
- An offline desktop companion to help maintain a healthy blink rhythm40 points0
- I have trained 15 blood glucose forecasting models on my own data20 points0
- PharmA2A, an open protocol for pharmacy-to-supplier orders on A2A8 points▲ +8
- Fastsleep.appImagine micro-scenarios to get sleepy5 points0
- A company running in an AI harness4 points0
Grades · each graded against other Health & Fitness launches from the same source
Momentum
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Traction gained in the latest daily interval
Not re-read in the latest run, so no recent gain
Velocity
A0.09 points/h
Votes per hour since listing (age capped at 48h)
Better than 89% · vs 61 Health & Fitness · Show HN launches, last 30 days
Engagement
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Comments per 10 points
Needs 10+ points; below that the ratio is mostly noise
Staying Power
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Votes at last reading ÷ votes at first reading
Still being tracked; graded once settled (48h)
Launch-day race · #88 of 181 Show HN launches on 2026-11-12
- #86EtherPK2 points
- #87OGS-TS, an open standard for game telemetry on the local network2 points
- #88StringRipper2 points
- #89Show HN2 points
- #90EmailDJ1 points
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